The 2017 edition of ART X Lagos opened Friday night as a sea of the city’s finest thronged the VIP preview of this year’s array of featured works and installations. The 3-day art fair is featuring 14 leading international art galleries and over 60 artists from 15 countries across Africa and the Diaspora.

ART X Lagos was declared open by Special Guest, His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II (CON), Emir of Kano. The Emir was joined by Minister of Information & Culture Lai Mohammed and a wide array of dignitaries from corporate and social Nigeria, as he completed the opening formalities.

Guests such as Mo Abudu, Genevieve Nnaji, Segun Demuren, Denola Grey, Eunice Omole, Kemi Adetiba and more flocked the VIP preview looking super stylish in their fashion-forward looks, with some straight of the Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2017 runway.